1982 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1982 (Wikisource)
Geography
Area
181,300 km2; 16% cultivated, 74% forested, 10% built-on area, wasteland, and other
Coastline
about 443 km
Land boundaries
2,438 km WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
12 nm (economic including fishing 200 nm)
People and Society
Ethnic divisions
90% Khmer (Kampuchean), 5% Chinese, 5% other minorities
Language
Cambodian
Nationality
noun—Kampuchean(s); adjective—Kampuchean
Population
5,882,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.9%
Religion
95% Theravada Buddhism, 5% various other
Government
Branches
Cabinet, State Presidium, and some form of People's Representative Assembly in Democratic Kampuchea; Peoples Revolutionary Council, various ministries, and a "National Congress" held in early 1979 and a second time in September 1979 in PRK Government leaders: Presidium Chairman and Prime Minister KH1EU SAMPHAN; Deputy Prime Ministers IENG SARY and SON SEN; Assembly Standing Committee Chairman NUON CHEA in Democratic Kampuchea; Chairman, Council of State, HENG SAMRIN; Chairman, Council of Ministers, CHAN SI; Minister of National Defense BOU THANG; and Foreign Minister HUN SEN in PRK
Capital
Phnom Penh
Legal system
Judicial Committee chosen by People's Representative Assembly in Democratic Kampuchea; no information for PRK
Member of
Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, Mekong Committee (inactive), NAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO for Democratic Kampuchea; none for PRK
National holiday
17 April for both regimes
Official name
Democratic Kampuchea (supported by resistance forces deployed principally near the western border); People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK; pro-Vietnamese, in Phnom Penh)
Political subdivisions
19 provinces
Suffrage
universal over age 18 Political parties and leaders: Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Communist Party disbanded December 1981 though chief political figure still former party chairman Pol Pot; in PRK Kampuchean United Front for National Construction and Defense (KUFNCD) and separate Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party
Type
both are Communist states
Economy
Agriculture
mainly subsistence except for rubber plantations; main crops—rice, rubber, corn; food shortages—rice, meat, vegetables, dairy products, sugar, flour
Aid
economic commitments—US (FY70-80), $690 million; other Western, (1970-79) $135 million; military (FY70-80)—US, $1,260 million; Communist not available
Budget
no budget data available since Communists took over government Monetary conversion rate (1978): no currency in use
Electric power
120,000 kW capacity (1981); 100 million kWh produced (1981), 18 kWh per capita
Exports
probably less than $1 million est. (1978); natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood
Fiscal year
calendar year
GNP
less than $500 million (1971)
Imports
probably less than $20 million (1978); food, fuel, machinery
Major industries
rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products
Shortages
fossil fuels
Trade partners
(1978) exports—China; imports—China, North Korea; (1981) Vietnam and USSR
Communications
Airfields
52 total, 23 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Highways
13,351 km total; 2,622 km bituminous, 7,105 km crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth; and 3,624 km unimproved earth; some roads in disrepair
Inland waterways
3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 meters; 282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 meters
Ports
2 major, 5 minor
Railroads
612 km meter gauge (1.00 m); government owned
Telecommunications
service barely adequate for government requirements and virtually nonexistent for general public; international service limited to Vietnam and other adjacent countries; radiobroadcasts limited to 1 station
Military and Security
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,571,000; 843,000 fit for military service; 99,000 reach military age (18) annually